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Mr Vimal Kedia, Managing Director, Manjushree Technopack has been honoured with the Lifetime Achievement award at the maiden The Economic Times (Polymers) Awards 2017. He was recognised for his achievements as an entrepreneur and his contribution to the development of the plastic packaging industry in India, spanning over three decades. The
Read moreBeviale Moscow is the first exhibition in Russia covering the complete process chain for the whole beverage industry. It is therefore a highlight event for anyone involved in the Russian industry. It will take place at Crocus Expo, Moscow, from February 28 to March 2, 2017. The PETarena focussing on PET
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Petainer has announced that it has appointed Crusader as its UK distributor for petainerKeg. Brett Lamont, Sales Director Distribution at Petainer said: “The appointment of Crusader as our UK distributor is another important step in building our global network of distribution partners for our products. We have chosen Crusader because they
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Alpla,a provider of plastic packaging, has acquired a 100 per cent stake in the Romanian company Star East Pet SRL. The company, based in Brasov, specialises in the production of PET preforms for drinks, food and non-food products. At the beginning of the year, Alpla signed an agreement to acquire a
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With the recent expiry of their business relationship with Ferromatik Milacron Benelux BV, Milacron has announced a comprehensive direct sales and service infrastructure for the Benelux market to be in place since January 1, 2017. Milacron announced this to be part of their ongoing global expansion strategy and continued strengthening of
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With immediate effect the KHS Group’s production sites are now certified according to the new, revised ISO 9001:2015 standard. The current 2015 standard replaces the ISO 9001:2008 norm previously in widespread use. The KHS factory in Ahmedabad in India has been awarded the certificate for the first time. ISO 9001 stipulates
Read moreFebruary 16, 2017 will see the thirteenth international “PET 2017” Conference in the Hotel Baltschug Kempinski Moscow. On February 17, the “RPET and Recycled Plastics 2017” Conference will take place at the very same venue. According to the organiser Inventra, the past year has brought some positive news indicating that the
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The DC-A dryer control, first launched in late 2016 on smaller Conair Carousel Plus dryers and MDCW mobile drying/conveying systems, is now available on mid-sized dryers and has been further enhanced with remote access via Virtual Network Computing (VNC). This new capability, not previously available on the DC-A control, means that
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Resource Management Group (RMG), a San Diego-based materials management and recycling services provider, recently opened a new material recovery facility (MRF). Designed and installed by CP Group, the recycling system features MSS Cirus optical sorting technology and is designed for both commercial and multi-family single stream processing. “At RMG, we are
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PET Technologies Company together with the partner Packing Equipment Plant Thermo-Pack have successfully carried out a joint project and installed a complete filling line to bottle Krayna TM water produced by “Akazia 2013”. PET Technologies’ task was to implement the idea at the bottles’ design. So they developed 0.5 and 1.5l
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International Beverages Private Limited, a division of The Coca Cola Company, inaugurated a new plant in Bangladesh as part of a planned $74 million investment in the country on January 18. Coca-Cola previously announced investments in Bangladesh of $74 million through 2020. Additional investments have supported infrastructure improvements, route-to-market enhancements and
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